Investment in cycling could save £520m, government told

Encouraging more cyclists on to Britain's roads could save the taxpayer more than £520m and fight climate change, according to a government-backed cycling group.

Should you have a choice to choose?

"Leo Hickman asks should environmentally harmful products be 'edited' off the consumer menu?"

The looming food crisis

"Land that was once used to grow food is increasingly being turned over to biofuels. This may help us to fight global warming - but it is driving up food prices throughout the world and making life increasingly hard in developing...

China prays for Olympic wind as car bans fail to shift Beijing smog

EU biofuel policy is a 'mistake'

"The EU target of ensuring 10% of petrol and diesel comes from renewable sources by 2020 is not an effective way to curb carbon emissions, researchers say."